The sun was shining brightly and the breeze was not dry. Lu Qing was pulling a cart loaded with fruit saplings, while Shen Qiqi was like a happy little bird, skipping along beside him and humming an unknown tune.

Their faces were filled with happy smiles, as if they had already seen the grand spectacle of fruit trees full of branches next year.

After returning to the Lu family and unloading the saplings, the two couldn't wait to go to the orchard that had been planned in advance, ready to get to work.

But when they saw the land in front of them, the smiles on their faces froze instantly.

This is not fertile soil!

It is clearly a "desert"!

The soil is compacted and grayish white in color. Not even a decent strand of hair can grow, let alone grass. It is the living embodiment of the word "poverty".

This is completely different from the fertile black soil they imagined, and the difference is simply the difference between "buyer's show" and "seller's show".

Shen Qiqi's brows were furrowed, and her face was wrinkled like a bun.

She reached out and carefully picked up a handful of soil. It felt dry and rough, without a trace of vitality.

An ominous premonition came over me.

The fertility of this land is simply "negative"!

Lu Qing was also dumbfounded. He scratched his head, bewildered. "What...what should I do?"

Fruit tree seedlings are delicate. If they are planted in such land, they will probably die before they bloom and bear fruit.

The original joy was instantly swept away by anxiety, and a tense atmosphere spread throughout the orchard.

Shen Qiqi took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

She decided to ask for advice from the village's "old man" Uncle Ma.

Uncle Ma is a famous "planting expert" in the village. He is very experienced and might have some "unique secret recipe"!

She pulled Lu Qing and rushed to Uncle Ma's house.

Uncle Ma was sitting at the door smoking a pipe, squinting his eyes, looking like a "sage from other worlds".

Shen Qiqi respectfully asked Uncle Ma about the fertility of the soil.

After listening to this, Uncle Ma slowly exhaled a smoke ring and began to "pass on his experience."

What he was talking about was either "wood ash", "human and animal feces", or the old-fashioned "deep plowing and careful cultivation", all of which were "outdated" stuff.

The more Shen Qiqi listened, the tighter her brows furrowed.

She had considered these methods, but they were all simple, folk remedies that only treated the symptoms and not the root cause. They could not solve the fundamental problem at all and were simply "scratching the itch through the shoe."

Uncle Ma’s experience is completely useless in modern society and is all “outdated” knowledge.

She shook her head helplessly, and the fire of hope in her heart was extinguished in an instant.

I originally thought I had found the "martial arts secret book", but it turned out to be an "expired manual".

The feeling of disappointment spread in her heart like a dark cloud, making it hard for her to breathe.

Seeing Shen Qiqi's disappointed expression, Lu Qing also frowned.

The two looked at each other, no one spoke, and the air around them seemed to freeze.

“It seems…” Shen Qiqi said in a low voice, with a hint of unwillingness in her tone.

"It seems that I have to rely on myself!" Although Shen Qiqi's tone was low, there was a gleam of unwillingness to admit defeat in her eyes.

She will not be defeated by such a small difficulty. As a woman of the new era, what is this challenge?

She wants to turn this "barren land" into "fertile farmland" and surprise those who look down on her!

Shen Qiqi took action immediately after she said it.

She wandered around the village like a "land surveyor", scanning every inch of land with her cunning eyes.

Sometimes he squatted down, grabbed a handful of soil with his hands and observed it carefully; sometimes he ran to the hillside, dug up a piece of soil and studied the ingredients inside.

Her seriousness was as if she was conducting a "scientific experiment".

Seeing that she was busy and having fun, Lu Qing quickly followed and became her "best assistant".

He helped Shen Qiqi collect soil samples and carry tools, and was sweating profusely, but he had no complaints.

He knew that once Qiqi got serious, she would be in "cheating" mode, and all he had to do was to fully support her.

Shen Qiqi collected soil samples from different places and carefully put them into a cloth bag, like a treasure.

After returning home, she started "research mode" again.

She spread out the soil samples, carefully observing their color and texture, and smelling their scent.

His focused expression was as if he was studying some "rare treasure".

Instead of choosing those expensive fertilizers, she turned her attention to the mountains behind.

She discovered that some plants on the back mountain grew exceptionally lushly, and some animal feces were also quite special.

She realized that these "inconspicuous" things might be the key to solving the problem.

So she started running to the back mountain again, collecting some special plants and animal feces.

She was like an "alchemist", mixing these things together and trying to make fertilizer.

She looked so energetic, as if she had been injected with chicken blood.

When the villagers saw her "unemployed", they all talked about it.

Some people said she was "crazy", some said she was "making a fuss", and some were waiting to see her "make a fool of herself".

But Shen Qiqi didn't care at all. She just wanted to use her actions to prove that their ideas were wrong.

There was a strange smell in the air, a "unique aroma" mixed with plants and feces.

Although Lu Qing felt that the taste was a bit "high", looking at Shen Qiqi's energetic look, he couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.

"It's done!" Shen Qiqi clapped her hands excitedly, looking at the "fertilizer" in front of her, her eyes flashing with excitement.

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